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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2960, 4 July 1891, Page 2

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The fVaik'tto timr* Office, Kriday. AUCKLAND I.IVI', STUCK MAK

KI'ITS. , 7 Alks.--.IIA. r.ITKI.ANH AM' SON'S WKKKU I Ui.roiu.—At the Hayniark'.-t during the h past week, hay mid straw have ;,uld at p laHt woiik'H values. "1(1 maize, U !><! ! h'.'-»v nuixo. '-N 2.1 to r.,1 ; oats, U7dto A p I i pur l.u-hnl ; carrots .U Auckland C piil.it.ius, £1 12s ; chatf, £2 to to 10s; bono- 1 dust, L' 7 por ton. On Vriday, horse stock \ in full numbers kept their values. Useful, i active draught tanged from lb to i.17; I lucks, .L'li tis to £10 10s each. A sprint? cart, £12 10=. Oil Tuesday, hides and (I skins, in full numtiers, sold briskly at j: advanced valuer, fieavy ox brought f r,)!n h I,d to 51d; medium, 3d to -1,, d; light, ii from 2^d; coiv Indus, I.|d to Ljd ; calf fi skins, -Id to .'id per lb; tallow, 1 7s to 17s Od . pur cwt; butcliors' skins bnuiKht from 2s !l I to /is Id ; station skins, Is lid to 'Is Id ; lamb skins, Is (id to 2s fid each. At 1 nkek"he, on Monday, lSt> head of cattle were yarded, the larger number being quiet * cows, for which thore was a Rood inquiry. Store cattle, particularly steers, were at 1 full values, and fat cattle were equal to tlie Auckland markets. At Kemucva, on ( Thursday, dairy cows at thoir profit were yarded numerously, and required, prices obtained ranged fiom £3 l.~» to £o 17s Od. l''ew storn cattle yarded, but those sold | freely. Fat cattle in average supply ; 252 r yarded, but many of them cows insulh- i ciontly fatted; those were lower iu price, 1 but steers were in steady demand throiicfhont the sale at from 17s to 18s the lOOlbs. J Calves in usual number, (14 yarded, and ' last week's values were sustained. Sheep ' in full numbors, 1050 yarded, were lower ' in prico about la each, and a few pens were ] withdrawn. Lambs were also in lareer number than of late, 1-15 sold, prices . ranged from lis 9d to 12s each ; 100 pigs - yarded, from medium to heavy weights j obtained a good sale, their average about , ,\'IKSSU3 HUNTBB AMI) NOLAN'S WEEKLY Report.—Horse feed, grain, seeds, &c. : Supplies have been ample. There has been a good demand, and fair amount of business dune. We quote : Feed oats, Is 0d to 2s 2d por bushel ; maize, 2s 3d to 2s Sd ; bran, £■1 5-i to £4 10s per ton ; oaten chatf, £2 10s to £3. Horses : There has been increased animation in the market. A large number were offered for sale ; purchasers have been forthcoming and sales etfected without any marked difference in value. The number entered for disposal by auction at tho Durham Yards on Friday was considerably over the average. Bidding was brisk, and, almost without exception, lots were cleared. Wo quote : Hacks, £1 5s to L'tf lis (id; light harness and medium draught, from £4 10s to CIS 2s (id. Wool, hides, skins, tallow, bones, &c. : A brisk demand has continued, while the supplies have been over tho average. We quote : Hides, extra stout ox, ujd to 5;((1 per lb; stout ox, 4d to ; medium, 3d toofd ; light ox and cow, l rt 'd to 2id ; calfskins, 4.sd to 4jd ; sheepskins, butchors' 3s od to 4d, country 1« II to 3s 9d ; wool, Oifd ; pieces, o|d ; tailing His to 18s (id per cwt; bones, £4 10s to £5 per ton. Cattlo : Tho demand for all descriptions has beon good, and the supply has beon quite up to tho average. Prices for dairy cows and fat beasts had an upward tendency; for some cows exceptionally high prices were given. The Newmarket Yards were fairly filled en Tuesday, and there was a large muster for the midwinter sale at i'apakura on Wednesday. Competition for all descriptions was keen, and prices for dairy and store stock were in favour of the vendor, and fat beasts sold at an advance of from 10? to £1 per head. Somo averages of fat steers wero £K 2s, £7 10. Ltd. £(> 17s 3d, £li lis, Us 3d, £(i 2s ; cows, L'li 2s (id, £5 12s (id, £1 13s 4d, £3 17s r.d I' 3 His, L' 3 4s. Ox beef ranged from 15s to'lßs (id per 1001b ; cow, 13s to 17s (id per 1001b. Sheep were barely sufficient iti numbers for requirements at Newmarket mi Tuesday, and prices advanced to 2s 3d per olb; wethers sold at from los to 18s ( Jd ; ewes, 12s (ib to 15s !)d ; lambs, lis each. Pi';* scarce ; good porkers iu demand at 3d per lb, live weight; bacuners, 2\d. AUCKLAND PRODUCT MARKETS. Milling wheat, local and Southern : Not much selling this week, and very few arrivals. To judge from the languid state of the Loudon market, and another reduction in the price of floating cargoes, it would appear as if tho brilliant harvest prospects iu America far more than counterbalanced tho rumoured shortage in Russia and the Continent. Fowl wheat is still scarce. Bran and sharps are wanted. Old mar//! is worth 2s (id otV wharf ; new maize, from 2s Id to 2s 3d according to sample. Oats aie without real change, and quotation.! may bo given at from is lid to 2s Id. Potatoes are fully jOpplied at los to o2s Gd according to quality. In the local produce market eggs are scarce, and there are indications that butter may further advance in price. At present prices are : Best dairy butter, Is ; second quality, 'M ; and third quality, Sd per lb wholesale. wholesale, are Is 3d per duz., and Is (id por dozen retail. SHAKKMAUKKT. (I.V TKM&IHAPH. —ows UOIIUKSI'ONOKST). Auckland, Last Night. — Bank of New Zealand, sellers, £5 l.n ; Colonial Bank, sellers, 43s ; New Z"aland Insurance Comp my, sellers, 755; New '/ -aland Accident Insurance Company, sellers, 8s Id ; Thames (las C impanv, buyers, £3 Us; New Zealand Cold and Kivor Plate Land Mortgage Company, sellers, 10s ;>d ; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, sellers, ti."n; Tiy l-'luke, buyers, ">s (id; I'.iliipuhi Pi'ospectois, business done, os (id t i 3.1 ; Puhipuhi Prospectors, No. 2, sellers, Is 3d ; May Queen, buyers, 4s ; Moanatainri, buyers, 8s; Saxon, buyers, 3s 4d; Album, buyers Is (id; Trenton, .sbllers, Is 3d; Cambria, sellers, 2s 4d; Norfolk, buyers, Is ; Orlando, buyers, Is ; Victoria, sellers, Is 2d. CIIKISTC H U KCII LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Tim New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) report as follows: — Ciiui.-mmntcir, June 27.— Store. Sheep : With the exception of a line of 1200 station merino wethers, the entry was comprised of a lew small odd lots, The only transactions worthy of record were the|sale of one or two small p.-ns of crossbred hoggets at respectively i»s 2d, 0s 104 and 11s. For clients we sold cull merino wethers up to 3s 81, and pissed out 1000 unsold, this class lining difficult tn quit except at "boiling" prices.—Fat Sheep.—The supply, which v.-ns again a heavy one, was of a very varied description, and, on the whole, inferior to late entiies, merino wethers being the predominating feature. Although generally inferior, a few pens of exceptionally weighty cross-bred wetheis brought the range of values up to 225. Several orders for sheep for expert wore on the market, which had the ell'eet of forcing values all round above concert pitch," and this ■week's returns should ba highly satisfactory t'l vendors. Heavy cross-bred wethers brought ISi (id to 22-:. medium dol(ij to ISs, li;;h! do 14s lid to 15s '.Id, heavy cross-bred eives 15s tu It's Id, light do lis to 13s Od, merino wethers Ss to His (id. — Fat. C ittle : A full supply was penned, but prime beef uas decid' dly in the iriuoiity. A consignment of North Island t'.ilh>cks of handy weights and good quality sold at the late of about 1!):, per 1001b. Cows and heifers In ought 10.; to IS-, pur 1001b.—Stoiu cattle : The entry, a li,;ht one, consisted of odd lots .uilv, for which' the cm rent low values had ill 'be accepted. The dairy class was also lightly supplied, and, as a rule, of indifferent sorts, though good sales were elfectod.